Electroplating-machine.



E. J. MILLERa ELECTRUPIATING MACHINE APPL'lcATloN FILED JUNE 16. 191|).

E. J. MILLER.

ELECTROPLATING MACHINE.

APPLICATmN FILED um: 15. 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2v.

Patented Nov. 28,- 1916.

l To all whom '15 may concern.'

Missouri', have invented new and nsefui Imrames 2:2 and' upon which rollersy the worin go i whiohthe following iso' full leind complete Work placed Within the pan 8 is disisp'eoifio'znsion,` reference-being had therelnto i 'charged slowly from the right-hand end of ing machine and itlineifon-itsobject topr 0- charge -endarranged todisoha'rge the Workplating machine constuctediny 'si' o' fde'tailod Viewin"Sirleleyationz'*of--onefoithe length' ozgtimc'required?for 'zinyl-givoi'ngu 1- UMTED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

l EDWARD .T. MILLER, OF JEHNINGS', MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR- TC ST. LOUIS4 SCREW C QM- PANE, or sm. 1 .oUI s,'n;IssoUnI, A oononmxononmssonm. ELEoTnoPLATINc-MAOHINE. 1,206,122.' Speeication o! letters Patent. Patentd Nov, 28, 1916, n

Application ined :une 1s, 191e. serial No. 103,942;

' '.lneshesnfithfnworm-Whoel17'thatiis'carric1. Beit known that =I,"EDW ARD J"M1 LLER, :t byfo work-retaining; lium,.18; Rngdke citizen of the United. Staate@ and reient0f members 19 provide tnclgs'or .waysgo which Jennings, St. Louis county, in theState-of .rest upon rollers 21 that are .carried by"-\ rovements 1n EleotropiotingfMoohines, of retaining c lrnmlris mounted. forA rotation.

the accompanyingdia'wings. Said pan upon a chute 23,' said chuteb'eing This invention relates-to an :eieotlfmplut- VCarried by Supports 24 and having itE'diS;- -65 vde an improved device'- of this ychui-noter into tlie'worklretuining drum-18; Y constructed-in such manner thutthe work During therotatonlof. drum .18 'the-work Will'beantomotically and positively turned "tinvels-fro'm'tho entmneeendof the drum duringitspassnge through the plating sotothe discharge ond thereof, this traveling A70 lui-Jion; l of the work .being due tothe inclination of "I am nwaeof'thevfact that itimshereto'-v tlie.- drum'. This inclination of the drum' for@ been pi'opo's'cd to' tu1.n th'cifwonklnring: 'with 'felation ,.'tothe'L-horizontol may. be the tirncof plating; but in @ill O fthe rnaourecl'eitherjby inoliningftheztnnl;.-s ain/hole x chin'csjvith which-'Ifirn-1fainiliar' the nicthorbyinclningthe lruml'withrelation toithe 75' odg 4em loycd' to Securethi result mjc.. unoex-v tank." Anmdjnstaljlc inelinntionof thetanlc taingiparticnlmgiy on "snailjint wot-li enclins as n wholo is] rejnole'xcdI possible by providing. WaSherS Or'the iiliesf v l'nnckctn 251mm; the tflilwhichcurry iid.- A' further. 'object fthe invci'ition: -iisvftol j.11stng' scro\ys.26'1jsaigl screwsvmying upgmj proifirle .for .suoli unadjnstment fsf-*fthe m'ab''nokets QT- Oni-Yonofot willich 'is shown, so; chinev during thpassage' of the Work therethose brackets 27' beingmo'nnted upon the through that the tinto i'equiredfQIjthe artia oppogite'enls n crosebiiQS v Cles to Misss tliifough the plating solution is opp-amm' that' by @lowing- 'down may beA vnl-ieri nt Wil uponl screw 26 the right-hund end ofl the Further objects :mdf advantages of the intank in Fig. 1 will: be v(elevatori .or` if snif] 85 irention will he-.sctf'fmith 'in n detaileddc- Screw-is turner] in the.oppoSi'te direction the Y xt iglwteimnd end ofthe 'tfmk- Will,bo; loweed Inftli'e accompanying'-(lrtuvings, Figure' l and .the dogme' toywlnch theJight-hindenfl isn longitudinalsectionalvicw-ohin elcotroof thowork-retaining drum islnwcredwitlfi T'rlzm'ce relation to its'lct-liitnd-end 'will 'dcterninc- 90 natos: .it Solution tank monito thi. plntl gravity 'being without therb 31. It will, ofcourse, beun'derstood that the articles-will bepickednpj in this manner a; number ofz times before: they owing to'its center of aref finally disoharged from thefrightfhend.' end of the drum. When '.disch'e'rgedffron; thedrulfn they fall upon .a conyey'er belt 32 which passes.' over pulleys 33. `and 34g sind* cerresvtransverse ribs 35, which ribs 'engage the .'artcles' and carry'them. upwardly'aand dischergejthem over the pulley. Vgij-into.any

suitable receptacle, such 'as a. Washingieceptfaclefnot shown). 'IhennodeY Oflthenp# paratusis indicated at 36 (andfmey consist of a; 'series O fonodes) and is supported 'preff erablycentrallyr Within the drum byodjnst ing rods 37 und 38,` seid rods beingthrended into heads 39 and 40 of the anode.l Adjusting n uts 41 and 42 are threaded upon the upper ends of these rods and areprovi'ded.

with! operating handles 43 and 44. The anode 36 carries enA insulating element-45 so. that this element is bodily adjustablewith. the anode., and said insulating element prevents the pn ssege oi the c ur'ren't in :lines away from the' Work i and f renders .i the 4line ofleast-resstance to the`e1etri'celci1rrent :it

that point. where it will most eiieently: act

upon the articles being plated. This insu loting element. rther I obvtes the f-Jpossi-v bility of a short circuit being caused by any article beingcanghtupon the anode'.

Current is supplied: to the anode 4thi' n1g,f`lx' n cfible or bushel" 46. This current passes.' from the-anode. and through the solution to' drnm 1 8 and thence to commntators 4T. car. med by sind drum.

Brushes 48 are heldin contact/withitlie commutatore by springs 49, 'said springs si'u'ronnding rods 50 by which the' brushes are carried..

'A cathode connecting cable or .busfber 5].

. .j'leimfist i fan electro.-

. of theppended claims.;

While the elements shown `and described are Well "adapted to senve thepurpose' :for

which tlieynre intended, itxisjto be'j-undei-- stood fthet' the invention is not limitednto the' precise construction'- set forth, .bntgthet. Vitinolndes withinits purv'ievsf 'such geheugen; as ,conle within either thespint or theiterins" 'l Hitting j describe@ v my said case i Vn pending 'thrmighsnd drum,y and' mms fr' imparting movement tosaid anode or modes i i towerd'iindI away fromthefcnter of said. drum.

tion-Casin a. frame in each end of seid tion cesen-Qa, `rotatable drumextendn'g longitudinally therethrou gli, and' a* earn4 carried said freine..1 i I In anrelectrofplating machine, 'a rota-4 "cnse a .rotatable drl'lin. carried by gsfid frajlneel vand Ineens forlowexing and :raising either, 'end offend-drum. ifttable druman inode or.. :inodesfextencling A tl1erethrongh,' fmenns oarried by snid. drum for engaging-th articles to bef'plated, and

means fonreciprocally vmovingl'sid anode 'or anodes'finze Yeiti'cul line.

6. In an?electro?pletinggmechine, o, 'soliilV frames, ene-n odejor. anodes extending lon'gi-.i` tudinalijf-therethrough; "and earns ca rx'jed lby dndoptedto. iinpertveztool niovementf to onegenld of s eiddrfum,

17.. In annteoepnnng,machine; n stiadrum, Ineens' 1l-nodes toward t drum for en gging'the er'tclesto be: plated 8. In an. electrofplntingjngchne, lo solu'" tudina-lly'f therein, *an anode' for nnocles 'e guard dispose ntl-one sde'osaidenodegor Suid drum-11j! a 9. In .en electrofpleting`-mech1ne, o sol 

